23. And the sovereign said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one,’ while the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ”
24. And the sovereign said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the sovereign.
25. And the sovereign said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
26. And the woman whose son was living spoke to the sovereign, for she was overcome with compassion for her son. And she said, “O my master, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!” But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”